Name: Baked Cuban Mojo Chicken Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 2 lbs bone in chicken thighs and chicken drumsticks; For Marinade:; ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil; ½ cup cilantro leaves; 1 tsp orange zest; ⅓ cup orange juice; ¼ cup lime juice; ¾ tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1½ tbsp fresh mint leaves; 4 cloves garlic; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper; Optional garnishes:; 1 orange; cilantro leaves

Baked Cuban Mojo Chicken Recipe

How To Make Baked Cuban Mojo Chicken

Impress your guests with this Cuban chicken dish that is marinated in mojo – oranges and herbs – producing a tangy meal with an impressive depth of flavor.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 50 minutes

Marinate Time: 12 hours

Total: 13 hours

Serves:

Ingredients

2lbsbone in chicken thighs and chicken drumsticks

For Marinade:

⅓cupextra virgin olive oil
½cupcilantro leaves,lightly packed
1tsporange zest
⅓cuporange juice
¼cuplime juice
¾tspdried oregano
1tspcumin powder
1½tbspfresh mint leaves
4clovesgarlic
1tspsalt
½tspblack pepper

Optional Garnishes:

1orange,cut into wedges
cilantro leaves,for garnish

Instructions

Place the marinade ingredients in a food processor. Blend until the cilantro is finely chopped.
Pour the marinade over chicken in a large bowl. Cover with cling wrap and marinate for 12 to 36 hours.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place chicken in a baking pan, and scrape in the residual marinade in the bowl. Place thighs skin side down. Add orange wedges, if using.
Bake chicken for 30 minutes. Remove and turn chicken. Spoon over pan juices.
Bake for a further 20 minutes or until the skin is nicely browned. Rest for 5 minutes then serve!